Unscramble cate

17 words come out when you unscramble CATE, starting with CATE itself: 6 in Scrabble, 7 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of CATE is on the page: TACE, each 6 points. 4 letters: 2 vowels and 2 consonants.

Looking for etca, ceat, caet, tcae, ctae, eatc, eact, teac, ceta or teca? They use the same letters as CATE, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From cate

Counting the words from CATE by length: 2 with 4 letters, 9 with 3 and 6 with 2.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with cate

The 4-letter words made with CATE letters are 2: CATE itself and 1 anagram, TACE. Each scores 6 points.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with cate

4 of 9 3-letter words in CATE tie at 5 points; none scores more. ACT, CAT and EAT will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with cate

All 6 of the 2-letter words you get when you unscramble CATE score 2 points. AT is the one most people know.

Change One Tile in CATE

Keep every letter of CATE but one, change that one, and you get:

A H gives TECH · unscramble tech
E F gives FACT · unscramble fact
C R gives RATE · words from rate
C K gives TAKE · unscramble take
A O gives COTE · unscramble cote
C T gives TATE · words from tate

More 4-letter words: starting with CA · ending in TE · all 4-letter words

Add two letters to CATE:

CATE + C + N · words from accent

What the Best CATE Words Mean

What CATE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.

Scrabble · Words With Friends points

CATE 6 · 7: a choice food
TACE 6 · 7: a tasset
ACE 5 · 6: to score a point against in a single stroke
ACT 5 · 6: to do something
CAT 5 · 6: to hoist an anchor to the cathead
TEC 5 · 6: a technician
ATE 3 · 3: blind impulse or reckless ambition that drives one to ruin
EAT 3 · 3: to consume food

Can You Play CATE in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Yes. CATE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.

Game	Scrabble US	Scrabble UK	Words With Friends*
CATE itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 17)	16	17	14

* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.

2 of the 17 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TEC and TE. 1 of the 17 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EA.

Longer Words Built on CATE

With one more tile, the letters of CATE spell the words below.

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